Wire hanger



Nov. 23 1926. 1,608,063

. A. J. GURNEY WIRE HANGER Filed Jan. 13, 1925 UNITED STATES T OFFICE.

ALBERT J. GUPJNEY, 0F CANTON, OHIO, ASSIGHOR TO THE AMERICAN MINE DOORCO.,' OF CANTON, OHIO, A CORPORATION OF OHIO.

WIRE HANGER.

Application filed January 13, 1925. Serial No. 2,229.

This invention relates to an improved hanger of the general characterdisclosed in my bo-pending application for wire hanger filed January 13,1925, Serial No. 2228. v

The invention seeks to provide a hanger embodying relatively shittablejaw members having pairs of coacting jaws to engage separate wires. andwherein said members will be provided with coacting dove-tailed flangesand tongues for wedging the jaw members together as said members areshifted, and confining the wires between the aws.

Other and incidental objects will appear hereinafter.

In the accompanying drawings:

Figure 1 is a side elevation of my 11nproved hanger.

Figure 2 is a horizontal sectional view on the line 2 -2 of Figure 3,looking in the direction indicated by the arrows.

Figure 3 is a vertical sectional View on the line of Figure 1, lookingin the direction indicated by the arrows.

Figure 4 is a view similar to Figure 3, but showing the use of aninsulator in connection with the hanger.

In carrying the invention into effect, Iemploy companion aw membersembodying a pair of coacting oblong lower jaws l0 and 11 and. a pair'ot'enacting arcuate upper jaws 12 and 13 integrally formed on the jaws and11 to medially upstand therefrom. At their lower margins, the jaws 10and 11 are grooved to accommodate a tIOllQX/ WIIG, as conventionallyillustrated at 14, while above the groove therein, the jaws are hollow,and projecting inwardly from the side wall of the jaw 10 are spacedhorizontal tongues 15 having dovetailed heads 16 inclined with respectto the longitudinal axis of the jaw. Formed in the side wall of the jaw10 at opposite sides of the tongues 15 are openings 17. The side wall ofthe jaw 1 is also provided with longitudinally spaced openings 18 andformed on said side wall at opposite sides of each of said openings arepairs of flanges 19 having overhanging lips 20 shaped to fit the heads16 of the tongues 15 and inclined correspondingly.

The jaws 12 and 13 are somewhat shorter than the jaws 10 and 11 andformed on the jaw 12 is an upstanding sleeve 21 overhanging the jaw 13.This sleeve is internally threaded to accommodate an insulator stud, asconventionally illustrated at 22. In the drawings, Ihave shown aconventional cable 24 in positionbetween. the jaws 12 and 13. Integrallyformed on thejaw members medially thereof are outstanding. reinforcing.ribs 25, one of which extends across the sleeve 21. These ribs will thusserve to rigidly brace the jaw members and, as will be observed, theribs gradually increase in height to the horizontal center line of the.jaws 12 and 13.

In use, the sleeve. 21 is first screwed upon the stud 22 for rigidlymounting onev of the jaw members, when the wire 14 and cable 24: arebrought into position and the other jaw member assembled with the fixedjaw member. This is, of course, accomplished by shifting the free jawmember endwise relative to the fixed aw member and, as will be at onceunderstood, the jaw members will, as the free jaw member is thusshifted, be wedged together for tightly binding the wire 14 between thejaws 10 and 11 o-fthe members as well as also tightly confining thecable 24 between the jaws l2jand 13 of the members. The hanger will thusprovide a secure and rigid support for the trolley wire as well as thecable and, preferably, the head of one of the tongues 15 and the lip; ofone of the flanges 19 are provided. withregistering openings to receivea cotter pin 26 so that the jaws are thus locked together. As will beseen, the cable 24 is mechanically and electrically connected by thehanger with the trolley wire so that current will be supplied from thecable to said wire through the hanger.

In Figure 4 of the drawings, I have illustrated the use of an insulator27 in connection with a cable 28, this cable corresponding to the cable24 but being of less diameter. The insulator is arranged to extendbetween the jaws 1.2 and 13, surrounding the cable, and thus serves toinsulate the cable with respect to the hanger- Accordingly, the ca- 316may be employed in a circuit separate and distinct from the circuit ofthe trolley wire.

Having thus described the invention, what I claim is:

l. A hanger of the character described including companion relativelyshiftable jaw members having coacting wire engaging jaws, means carriedby one of the members defining an inclined dove-tailed slot, and atongue carried by the other of the members A device adapted to be usedfor removing a Wheel from an axle upon Which it is keyed comprising abody provided at its opposite ends With alined sockets of differentsizes, and anvil plugs fitting in the sockets.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature.

CASH A. CLEMONS.

